Should others be perfect like us?

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Whenever we are required to accomplish a task and it is of our choice, we accomplish it with due devotion and sincerity and we feel happy to see the result. If we ask someone else to do a task on our behalf, s/he may not do it as per our liking because his/her perceptions would be different than ours. My question is when you assign a task to another person (it could be any task ranging from repairing, cooking, cleaning to driving) do you expect that s/he should do it as you would have done it? And if s/he fails to accomplish the assigned task as per your expectations, do you pin point to him/her about his/her shortcomings? Do you want others to be as perfect as you, in accomplishing a task?
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I don't have a domestic help because I am not keen on telling someone how shoddy they are.At the same time I can't keep quiet seeing work poorly done. I do everything myself .. sometimes I have my husband help me.

So you don't want to rely on domestic help etc. because you know that they just cannot perform tasks, as per your expectation. It is said that if you wanna do a task in a perfect manner, you should do it yourself.

Nice question no one is perfect in this world. Everyone has something differnt. No one is in this world is perfect .in every person has some good qualities and bad qualities but thing is that which you identify. So answer is no other May be perfect us by health money but depend on how they feel and situation.

We often fail to grasp that others don't see life exactly the same way we do. Sartre used it as a basis for his bad faith theory of 'the look' causing us to demand others share our perceptions of reality. As long as a task is completed in a reasonable time people should be left to get on with it. Companies often try to impose a standard operational procedure (SOP) on staff to make everyone do everything exactly the same.

Yes, you are very right that most of us expect that others should have same perception, as we have and they should do a task exactly in the same manner, as we would do. However, it does not happen in reality because everyone is different.
I agree with you that as long as a task is completed within a reasonable time limit and in a reasonable and acceptable manner, we should not mind it.
Standard Operating Procedure do exist at many companies, however, even then some of the officials do the work, as per their own whims and fancies.

I sometimes think that the work I had told to do someone should have been the way I had thought, but in most of the cases it is not always so.....we just have to deal with it and accept it. Maybe our way was good, but we can be even more fortunate and the other way may be even better. There is no harm in giving the other person a chance. If we don't like their way, we don't entrust them with that thing in future. As simple as that. But for the first time at least, our mind should be open to all possibilities in the scenario and we should give each of them a chance.

It is a sign of maturity that you tune your mind to accept what others do for you, specially a task which you assigned to them.
You know it very well that others just can do a task, the way you would do it. If you accept their imperfection, it is your magnanimity and this trait will help you a lot in your future life.
I agree with you that there is no harm in giving a chance to the other person and we should accept the results with an open mind.
Well considered and one of the best responses.

@ria1606roy - My pleasure.
I agree with you that imperfections in a person leave a scope for further improvement.
We are not perfect and so are others, it is for us to tune our mind, how we accept others with their imperfections.

In my case, I refer to a certain work to someone because I couldn't handle it. And it fails short of my expectation. I have to accept for nobody is perfect. But if it is done carelessly. Well I don't accept that.

The way I see it is that we're all different, and have our ways of doing things. Some ways may be better than others, but at the end of the day, we're all different, have different likes/dislikes, and such. No one is perfect.

I don't think it is a matter of perfection and it all depends on if you give the task to a family member or an employee. Of course the standards for an employee would be whatever the standard is in that job and if they fail then you are required to coach, not criticize, the employee on the right way to do it

Very good response by you.
You have raised two points.
Firstly if I assign a job is to any of my family members, I may expect that s/he should do it, the way I would do it, which may not ultimately be the case, once the job gets over, therefore, I need to make myself understand that the other person will not do the job, the way I would have done it.
Secondly, if I assign a task to my staff, the end result may not be upto my expectation, in that case, it becomes my duty to guide him/her, how to do in a best way, instead of criticizing him. Criticism does not help and it could bring his moral further down. I do not believe in criticizing my juniors.

I am not perfect, that's for sure - so I do not expect others to be perfect. But when one says they are able to do the job the way I need it to be done, then I do expect them to do as they say. If it's someone doing something for me as a favor, I try not to get too picky - after all, it is only a favor. But if I paid someone to do a job, oh yes, I will have higher expectations. Not perfection, but perhaps close to it!

It is true that non of us is perfect and it is also correct the other person cannot accomplish a task, the way we would do it because his perception will be different and his intensity to work will not be like us. Yes, if we have paid anyone for getting a work done, we hope that he should do the job in the best possible manner.

I do most things myself, because I am a bit of a perfectionist, but if someone has done something to help me, even if it is not perfect, I will thank them and not make an issue that it was not done a certain way.

It means that you would normally won't like you to assign the task because you are considered yourself to be a perfectionist.
It is commendable on your part that if you a get a task done by any other person and he does not turn out to be perfect, you would make do with his performance.

I very seldom let people do MY chores but when I do I tell them exactly what I want. IF they do not do it as I asked I will say so--but in a nice, not angry or patronizing way.
No one is as perfect as I am so I have to give others some leeway!!

If you allow others some leeway, it shows that you are mature and practical and you understand this point that others cannot be as perfect as you.
I understand that you hesitate to assign your tasks to others.

As long as the task was done reasonably well, it wouldn't bother me if it wasn't quite like I'd do it. If it was important that the task was done a certain way, then I guess I'd try to explain fully what I wanted.

It means if others are below your expectations, you will allow them some leeway and you would accept what they have done.
Yes, it is good on your part to make them understand in very clear manners how you want them to accomplish the task.

While teaching the kids to clean their rooms I do go behind them and correct what they have not done. It seems to be a never ending process. When working in the mental health field it was my job to assure that the clients were being taken care of and that their goals are met properly and the documentation is proper. Although I try to do this in a way that I would want someone else to show me what I need to improve upon. Condescending bosses/people are a pet peeve of mine.

It is good that you you used to keep a watch on kids so as to improve their performance and while working yourself, you were particular about perfection regarding care of patients.
Yes, there is always scope for improvement in whatever we do, so if you look for improving upon yourself, there is nothing wrong in it.

Depends of things that I have asked them to do. If cooking, I cannot help it as it is already done. But if it is something where I can peep in and "repair", I will do that. No fun in bragging and making an issue of it - because it was no me who did that task.

@dpk262006,I don't think so.You can't be like me nor can I be you.We all are naturally different from each other.We have our own way of thinking and working.The only commonality among us is we all are human beings.Let us celebrate it and feel the beauty of unity in diversity.